A dry cough can be a symptom of many diseases, including cancer, however it does not mean you have cancer. A cough that does not resolve should undergo evaluation by your physician.Most patients will first undergo an evaluation for allergic and sinus disease.he most common symptoms of lung cancer are: 1  A cough that does not go away. 2  Chest pain, often made worse by deep breathing, coughing or laughing. 3  Hoarseness. 4  Weight loss and loss of appetite. 5  Coughing up bloody or rust-colored sputum. 6  Shortness of breath. 7  Fatigue.
OCALA, Florida (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns -- the maximum requested by federal prosecutors.
By Paula M. DittonDoris James WilsonBJS StatisticiansThe amount of time offenders serve inprison is almost always shorter than thetime they are sentenced to serve by thecourt. Prisoners released in 1996served on average 30 months in prisonand jail or 44% of their sentence. Time served includes released offenders sentenced to life or death.Note: Data were obtained from the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants Program. Includes only offenders with a sentence of more than 1 year released for the first time on the current sentence.